4:38 PM,
Aug. 26, 2013

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel.

Written by

Jonathan Lintner
jlintner@courier-journal.com

Bill Casner sure hopes one of his promising 2-year-old colts lives up to its name, because there's some pressure associated with things these days that go by "Johnny Football."

Casner, co-owner of 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, named the Kentucky-bred horse after Texas A&M quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel at the suggestion of one of his vets, an Aggies graduate.

"He called me back a year ago - in September - and just asked me if I'd been keeping up with A&M and that quarterback they had," Casner said. "He suggested that might be a pretty good name for a race horse, and I ...